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That being said... with regard to your post:

I have a friend who has not filed taxes for a number of years and failed to negotiate a settlement a couple of years back to bring them up to date. He is now disabled at the age of 56 due to diabetes and osteoporosis. Can he apply for SSD? That will depend on if he accumulated enough credits during the past 10 years to be "insured" for SSDI benefits and/or if he can prove he is unable to work due to medical impairment(s) at a time when he WAS insured for SSDIB. Typically, one must have 20 quarterly credits (5 years) tax paid earnings earned during the last 40 quarters (10 years). Would it be determined by his wages for the last 5 years he filed taxes? The last 10, actually. However, if he became medically unable to work, say, 3 years ago, the 10 years look at to find those 20 quarterly credits would be the 10 years BEFORE 3 years ago.

A quick way for him to learn if and when he was insured is to call 1(NNN) NNN-NNNNand ask for his "Date Last Insured." That will tell him what time period he needs to prove he was disabled starting from - and then he must prove it has continued to the present. He must medically prove an inability to work PAST jobs and any other job in the economy - essentially.

Note that if he is very poor, he need not be "insured" for SSD to apply for SSI (the welfare program).

Hope this helps!

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